Creating When You’re Feeling Tender (And Why That’s Okay)

Not every creative day is confident.

Some days, I come to my pencils with a heavy heart.

I feel quiet, unsure, vulnerable. The world feels a little too loud—and my ideas feel too soft to matter.

But I’ve learned something over time: tenderness isn’t a weakness—it’s an invitation.

Some of my most moving pieces have come from those fragile days. Days when I wasn’t trying to impress—just trying to feel. To honor what was real. To pour something honest onto the page.

Creating from a tender place doesn’t mean your work will be less powerful.

It means it might be even more human.

Even more soulful.

Even more alive.

So if you’re in a soft season, or a slow one, or one where the tears come easier than the ideas—know this:

You can still create.

You get to create.

And what comes from that place might be exactly what someone else needed to see.

With Love

Nancy